, 1887-06-29
THE HuMeueoeRY OF RULES

On Health as Applied to Humanity tn
GonoraI-An Athletes Talk.
at is very peculiar to consider the
various systems that are published to pre-
serve health and become athletic" re-
marked a well known athlete to q re-
porter. After a pause the fine specimen
of physical manhood continued: "One
writer will say don't drink green tea,
another thinks going to bed on a full
stomach is the road to vigor, and l say
that what is food for mo person Is poison
for another. 1t is the adaptability of each
constitution to certain hygienic rules.
oh, you should eat rare meat to grow
stout and strong dogmatically asserts
one authority. If rare meat is craved by
the appetite it will be easily assimilated
and digested, but to force it does more
harm than good. Well cooked, plain
food is always considered healthier than
raw stuff.
81 once suffered from dyspepsia and
made u study of food. After several
years | found that the following were
more easy of digestion than anything L
ate: Partridge, chicken, turkey, mutton,
v~enison, hare, 5weetbread, pheasant,
grouse, beef tea, mutton broth, milk,
tnrbot, paddock, founders, sole, fresh
fish generally, roasted oysters, stale
bread. rice, tapioca, s:go. arrowroot,
asparagus, sea kale, French beans, cauli-
flower, baked apples, oranges, grapes,
Strawberries, peaches, toast water, black
tea, sherry wine, claret and ale. In u
moderate scale of easy digestion l placed
beef, rabbit, duck, young pigeon, wild
water fowl, woodcock, snipe, soups, eggs,
not hard boiled, butter, turtle, cod, pike,
trout, raw or stewed oysters, potatoes,
beet5, turnips, cabbage, spinach, arti-
choke, lettuce, celery, apples, a~pricots,
c%urrants, raspberries, bread, f%arinaceou5
puddings, jelly, marmalade, rhubarb
plant, cooked fruits, cocoa, coffee, porter.
Those very hard to digest l discovered to
be: CLANS, pork, roast veal, goose, liver,
heart. brain, salt meat, sausages, bashes,
mackerel, eels, salmon, herrings, halibut,
salt fish, lobster, crabs, shrimps, mussels,
oil, melted butter, hard boiled eggs.
cheese, fresh bread, mullins, buttered
toast, pastry, cakes, custards, nuts, pears,
plums, cherries, ~pineapples, cucumbers,
carrots, parsnips, peas, beans, mush-
rooms, pickles, chocolate and champagne.
Persons in good, sound health, who
ave splendid digestion, of course can
partake OF any OF the food mentioned
without danger, provided they do not
gorge. 1t requires frequently a great
deal of strength to dispose of the gour-
mand's meal, and the food he has eaten
nets Us a slow poison, draining his vital
ity. Everybody who has good health
constitutes herself or himself a lecturer
and authority upon the subject. L notice
many recommend frequent rub downs
and baths. To battle and rub the skin
dry is healthful after exercise, but too
much Of it does more harm than good.
There is a limit to all things. Too much
exercise is injurious, and having fin
muscles does not indicate a vigorous,
healthy circulation. Long walks taken
at q slow pace do no good whatever.
Walking exercise should be brisk enough
to start a gentle ~perspiration, and then
great benefit is derived. There is no
specirc rule to become healthy and
strong save one-plenty of open air exer-
else, temperance, wholesome food, sufi-
cient sleep, cleanliness and a good con
science. New York Mail and Express.